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As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the COVID-19 crisis has a woman’s face. The pandemic is worsening already deep inequalities facing women and girls…
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Security Council Session on the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) 22February 2021 Statement of Special Representative Helen La Lime Mr. President, distinguished members of the Council, 1. It is indeed an…
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Unrest in Haiti: Their impact on Human Rights and the State’s obligation to protect all citizens Report on the human rights violations and abuses during the protests of 2018 and 2019 in Haiti Executive Summary This report…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- VIDEO MESSAGE ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2020 New York, 10 December 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced two fundamental truths about human rights. First, human rights violations harm us all. The COVID…
United Nations Day 24 October Dear friends, The 75th anniversary of the United Nations falls in the middle of a global pandemic. Our founding mission is more critical than ever. To promote human dignity. Protect human rights…
Security Council Session on the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) 5October 2020 Statement of Special Representative Helen La Lime Mr. President, distinguished members of the Council, 1. It is an honour to have…
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As we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, BINUH is stepping up efforts to promote women representativity in the Police. To that extend, at the High…
Urban areas are ground zero of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 90 per cent of reported cases. Cities are bearing the brunt of the crisis – many with strained health systems, inadequate water and sanitation services, and other…
Security Council Session on the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) 19 June 2020 Statement of Special Representative Helen La Lime Madame la Présidente, distingués membres du Conseil, Je vous remercie de m’avoir…
Port-au-Prince, February 1, 2020 - The Core Group (composed of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Spain, and the…
A recent report on the children fathered by U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti is deeply disturbing. So let us be clear: Sexual exploitation and abuse by U.N. personnel is unacceptable, and we are fully committed to the secretary…
More than 200,000 Haitians who perished in the devastating earthquake which struck the island nation ten years ago, were honoured in a solemn ceremony of remembrance at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, along with 102…